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There was a balance of £3,033 to the debit of the account, of which £1,200 was for income tax, which they ought to have deducted rateably from the dividend warrants, so that the actual deficiency on the half-year end. ing June 30 was £1,825, or about 53 per share. If they had paid lOs 7d per share instead of 1 Is the dividend would have been at the rate of 5 . 3 per cent, for the year instead of 51 per cent. The prospects of the ensuing half-year were not much more favourable than the last. Ho hoped that tho economy which Mr Clay had recommended would be of permanent advantage. He had reduced the number of per sons employed on the line from 462 to 305—(hear)—and had also:euggested very judicious measures as to the distri bution of eteres,w hich would lead to some diminution of ex penditure ; but that could not take effect at once to the full extent, because they had engagements to the end of the year with English workmen. On the other hand, the expense of maintaining the way would be increased by the substitu tion of new sleepers in the place of the decayed sleepers. The decay had been more rapid than was anticipated. The dividend for the year he estimated would be about £5 Ga per cent. (Hear.) With respect to their traffic, there were clearances of land in the neighbourhood of the railway, which indicated that agriculture was extending on land ad joining or near the railway. They were also succeeding slowly in diverting the traffic from its original channels. The planters were so wedded to the old routes that it was only with the greatest difficulty that any of them could be prevailed upon to give up those routes. At three places on their line some very wealthy gentlemen were about forming business connections with the railway. The places were Alagoinhas, Matta, and at a place near Bahia. Those gentlemen were going to build warehouses, and had asked the company to find the rails and requisite materials for sidings to those warehouses, and they would find the labour. He thought, on the whole, that their prospects were good and favourable. _ . Mr T. M. WEGUELIN, M.P., seconded the motion for the adoption of the report., A long discussion ensued, in which Mr L. Cooke, Mr G. Simpson, Mr C. Nicholson, Captain Gossett, Mr Goez, and other shareholders took part, expressing considerable dissatisfaction with the present position of the company, the smallness of the traffic, and the disproportion of the receipts to the working expenses, whereby the guaranteed dividend paid by the Brazilian Government was reduced to something like the rate of 5} per cent. per annum, instead of being at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, The CHAIRMAN defended the directors, contending that they had done everything they had promised; they had constructed the railway for a specified sum and had not ex ceeded the estimated cost. It was stated that the sleepers had decayed more rapidly than was expected and the re newal of them formed a large item against revenue. The maintenance of the way and works would, owing to the na ture of the climate and soil, be costly for some years to come. The report was adopted. On the motion of Mr NICHOLSON, seconded by Mr Gorz, resolutions were unanimously passed to the effect, that a committee of shareholders bo appointed to confer with the directors on the present position and future prospects of the undertaking, and propose such measures in conjunction with the Board as might seem to them desirable in the interests of the shareholders, and to report their opinions to a future meeting of the company, and that the committee consist of Messrs Holloway, G. Simpson, Goez, Morgan, and C. Nicholson. The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors. COPIAPO EXTENSION. The half-yearly meeting of this company (the Pabellon and Chanareillo, under the law of Chili) was held on Friday at the offices, 2, New Broad-street--Mr Holland in the chair. ----- - The report stated that there had been an expenditure on the capital account, up to the 30th June last, of £200,463, being an increase of £379. The traffic account for the year ending the same date showed receipts to the amount of £16,240, against the sum of £13,090 for the previous year. The balance to the profit and loss account was now £7,463, being an increase during the year of £3,406, a:ter paying £1,498 interest on debentures, bonds, and loans. The CHAIRMAN moved the adoption of the report, which he said showed a satisfactory increase in the receipts of nearly £3,200 ; and, deduc' ing the increased cost of working, there had been a positive result of V.,200 better than the previous year. The increase in the traffic of the line since the opening in 1859 had been slow, but it had been steady, and the reports received from, the manager led to the belief that the increase would continue. The manager in Chili I informed the directors that a-company whose property was connected with this line proposed to form a new line to mineral districts eastward, and if that were done a great advantage would accrue to this company, as the extension would open, it was reported, a new channel of permanent income and benefit. The report presented was an encou raging one. There was a positive profit of £7,400, which ought to be in the pockets of the shareholders, and that it was not was owing to peculiar circumstances. The share capital of the company was but little over £76,000, while the ex penditure had exceeded that amount, and though the direo • tors had authority to issue debentures to the amount of £20,000, there remained bonds to the amount of £7,000 yet to be issued to make up that sum. The profits had there fore been used in the place of the unissued debenture bonds, and as soon as the money could he replaced with that from the debenture bends, the earnings would be at the disposal of the proprietors. He concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr FLETCHER seconded the motion. Mr SURGEY expressed an opinion that the unissued debentures might have been taken up if they had been brought to the public notice, considering that they bore 7 per cent interest, and were well secured. After some conversation, the report was approved, and the direction was advised to press the debentures upon the public as aeon as the money market became easier. A vote of thanks to the directors concluded the pro• oeedings. S PAPE r. 0 I 4- • he a6Vllk s l Pos Iveaior papers were of authcaatio, and att4t 4 sH evidence. The Crown Prosecutor said '4" t 4 4 ". M. Horn, the chief president in _ - Messrs Brachvogel, Holthoff, and El . ,•otead sac et the reading of the papers, they being copies . of papers of whose authenticity there was nu proof. The Crown Prosecutor said he would not press the read ing of the papers. The examination of M. Maciejewki was then resumed, and after some evidence of slight importance had been taken the further hearing of the case was postponed. Herr Lewald proposed that certain witnesses should 'ito called who heard M. Szcziniecki say, in February, 186, that he considered any attempt at insurrection against Prussia absurd and impossible, and that he would never take part in such an attempt. The Court reserved its decision. On the 19th M. illeszynski was examined. Ile admitted having purchased and forwarded arms for the insurgents, but denied having had any hostile intention towardsPrue,ia. Messrs. Z sblocki and Cz tpski, accused of having sent carts full of arms to the frontier, acknowledged that they did se, but said that they did not know what was in the carts which they found on their estates. M. Leon de Martwell was next examined. He asserted that the papers found upon him, which were stated to be lost, must be in the possession of the police. The transla tions put in by the prosecution were quite incorrect, and did not at all agree with the originals. The Crown Prosecutor (indignantly)—Surely you do not mean to state that Prussian employes have forged any documents ? Herr Elven—l have repeatedly onted to prove that the police en2ploye's in Posen, from the president 'to the lowest policeman, have forged documents, but I have never been allowed to prove this. The President—l think we may now leave this subject. Dr Niegolewski—Not at all. Documents may at any moment bo produced which proved that the Posen police have presented to the Court a forged proclamation as a real one. The matter then dropped, After some further evidence had been taken in the case of M. de Martwell, who denied having taken any part in the insurrection, the Court liberated M, Zablocki till the Ist November, but refused to liberate M. Cz ipski. The proceedings on the 20th began with the examination of M. J. Rohr, the next of the accused on the list. M. Rohr deposed as follows—ln 1816 I left Berlin and proceeded to Lithuania to prepare an insurrection there. I was arrested and severely examined during two years, at the end of which time I was sentonced by a military tribunal to 16 years' hard labour in Siberia. The Czar altered the sen- tence, ordering me first to receive 1,000 blows with a stick, and if I survived, to work for 12 years in the mines of Sibe. rift. I survived the torture, and the general in command was disgraced by the Czar because I had not died under it. I was then sent in chains to Tobolsk, whence I proceeded on foot with a company of malefactors to Siberia. My journey lasted more than 11 months. There I remained seven or eight years, and was pardoned after the treaty of Paris, since which I worked in the office of Makowski and Co., at Dantzic. After some unimportant evidence, Herr Elven proposed that the accused be liberated, paying at the same time a high tribute to his patriotism and the courage with which he bore his almost unexampled sufferings. F. W. Johannson, merchant, of Konigsberg, was next called. He said he had never sold arms to the Poles, and that ho wished he could have given them more assistance than he did. After a sharp discussion regarding the manner in which the prosecution conducted their case, in the course of which the president admitted that it was not quite clear that the prosecution were right, the Court liberated Mr. Johannson temporarily, but refused to liberate M. Rohr, alter which it adjourned to the 22d. The Great Polish Trial at Berlin. Last week's session was opened on the 17th. The pro ceedings commenced by the reading of certificates from the president of the Posen police, Herr von Baereusprung and others relative to M. Rekowski, all of which testified to his being a quiet, respectable man, who did not mix in politics. Some unimportant evidence was then taken in the case of M. Brodnicki, after which a witness named Gluz kowsk was heard against M. Mittlestadt, whom he accused of having called upon him for taxes, and threatened him with punishment by the National Government on his re fusing to pay. The documents he put in in proof of these statements were examined by the experts, who, however, —.— disagreed in their judgment upon them, the Germans de claring they were in M. Mittelstadt's handwriting, and the Poles that they were not. Tho same difference of opinion was shown in the case of the document attributed to Count Brinski. ----- The defence then submitted that Messrs. Rekowski Brodnicki. Malczewski, Krasicki, and Kiereki be liberated, and Count Brinski given a fortnight's leave. The Court refused to liberate any of these gentlemen, and announced that Messrs. Rekowski and Brinski might be granted leave if they asked for it in writing. After some discussion regarding a letter attributed to General Taczanowski, which, it was alleged, compromised Dr. Niegolewski, the accused Abbe Cichowski and J. Bann• szak were examined. It was alleged by the prosecution that the estate of M. Casimir Chlapowski, son of the well known general of that name, was one of the centres of re• volution in Posen, and that materials of war were manu factured there by Banaszak, under the superintendence of the Abbe Cichowski. The abbe, however, denied having had anything to do with the matter, and Banaszak said he had made the arms, &c., at the order of an unknown person who promised to pay him well for them. The Court here stopped the proceedings, after refusing liberate M. Jackowski. On the 18th evidence was taken in the case of the gentlemen who had taken part in the Skorzencin expedi • tion, but nothing was elicited against them. Herr Elven here pointed out that in the charge-sheet three persons were ac cused of high treason in making an indirect attack on the integrity of the Prussian State, whereas the criminal code only regarded acts tending directly to high treason as trea sonable. The Crown Prosecutor rejoined that this was a slip in the charge-sheet, inasmuch as he regarded war against Russia as a direct act of hostility to Prussia in the sense of the code. The Abbe Gouski was then examined. He admitted that he had given money to volunteers proceeding to the king dom of Poland, but said ho had no intention of assisting in designs against Prussia. The Court now liberated the Abbe Cichowski and Banns- zak, on the condition that they appeared again on the Ist November; but refused to liberate - the gentlemen belong ing to the Skorzencin expedition. Baron Seydewitz and M. Mrowinski protested against this decision, declaring that they had always respected the Prussian law and never violated it. M. S. Maciejewaki was then brought up for examination. The chief evidence against this gentleman lay in the so called " Paris papers," regarding the admissibility of which a lively discussion took place. Ilerr Brachvogel protested against the papers being read. When it was announced that they had been seized by the French Government and sent to the Prussian Govern ment through the Russian Embassy in Paris, the French Government contradicted this statement in its organ the Monitcur, and the contradiction was confirmed by the J - Olirna do St. Aterslvurg, It therefore appeared that these THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1864. AS NURSE, a Young Person, kt.ly returned from the Continent; cm speak French and Italian very well ; accust , med to travel; can have tour years' good character. 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This did not, however, include the Sheffield, Leeds, or Halifax balances, nor the balance of the committee to which Col. Patten had re ferred, but did include £11,178 Os 4d in the hands of the treasurer of the Bradford committee. He hoped soon to be able to lay on the table replies from all the committees. The following grants were made from the general relief fund :—To Livesey, £50 —Crompton, £2so—Failswor,h, £l2O —Cragg-valley, SAO —Hinckley, £4oo—Hurst, £l5O Wilton, £loo—Newchnrcb, £lso—St. Matthew's, Chad derton, £loo—Oldham, £Soo—Turton and Edgeworth, £4O —and Hollinwod, £4O. tertain any desponding views as to the result of their traffic to and from the 120 stations on their line. They were developing the resources as fast as they could, and perfecting the arrangements for conducting the traffic. He did not thick the fares were too low, but he thought they were moaeratc, and stould, to a great extent, be left to those governing of lin in India. There would be no diffi culty in carrying out the suggestions of Mr Gotz in the statement of accounts. After some observations respecting the obstruc- tions, delay, and expense that had been experienced from the Government interference in carrying out the undertaking, the report was unanimously adopted, and the directors were authorised to raise £1,200,000, being the amount necessary for the completion of the Jubbelpore line. The total cost of this branch, it was supposed, would not exceed £3,200,000. _ _ _ The proceedings concluded with a vote of thanks ,o the chairman and directors. GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA. The report of the directors states that during the half.year no further portion of the railway was opened for traffic. The number of miles worked was 553. The gross receipts brought into the revenue statement amounted to £325,008, being an increase of £90,664 on the receipts of the corresponding half of last year. The working expenses (including the item "compensation ") amounted to £106,832, or 60'56 per cent. of the receipts—and the amount of net profit for the half-year, to be carried to the credit of the interest account with the Government, was £94,506. The average number of miles open for traffic was 553, against 504, showing an increase of 49 miles. The number of train miles run during the half-year was 968,294, against 667,142, show• ing an increase of 301,152 miles. The number of passengers carried was 1,803,064, against 1,558,970, showing an increase of 244,094. The receipts for passengers, &c., were £103,611, against £79,160 for the corresponding half of 1863, showing an increase of £24,450. The average receipt per pas• senger carried was ls. 4413., against 10Id. for the same half of 1863, showing an increase of 30. The merchandise and other receipts amounted t0£221,396 against £155,182, showing an increase of £66,214. The total receipts per train mile were Gs. and the expenditure 4s. 9d. per train mile, leaving the net profit la 111 d per train wile. The expenditure during the past year amounted to £230,501, or 70.92 per cent., against £149,559, or 63.81 per cent., for the same half of last year, showing an increase of £80,942, or 7.11 per cent. The amount earned (but excluded from revenue ac count), applied to meet the cost of transporting traffic across the ghats and in Bombay, was £48,866, against £56,100, showing a decrease of £7,234. The locomotive expenditure of last half year in cluded the cost of an engine replaced, and of re placing woggons lost in cotton fires. The charges for maintenance of the line covered 24,146 sleepers replaced, against 11,725 sleepers in the half year to the 30th of June, 1863. Unusual local floods, aris ing out of the early storme of the monsoon, occa sioned serious damage to the opened portion of the railway at three points. Shortly before daylight on the 27th of June an embankment near Wassind was damaged by the bursting of a succession of shallow reservoirs in proximity to the railway, used for the cultivation of rice. This unfortunately led to an accident to a passenger train, attended with loss of life to several passengers. On the 19th of June a bridge of nine 30ft iron girder openings over the Nulgunga river, close to the terminal sta tion of Mulkapore, on the Nagpore branch, fell, and on the 28th of June another bridge of five 20ft arches, between Ooroolee and Kheirgaum stations , was washed away, but the damage had been re. paired. The Bhore Ghat incline had been main• tained clear for traffic since the 3d of March, ex. cept for two days, the 23d and 24th of June, when, owing to two landslips from the hillside, the incline was impassable, and it was necessary to convey the passenger traffic along the old temporary line to Campoolee. In addition to the Mull Ghat (nine miles), referred to as likely to be completed by the end of this year, a farther section of 33 miles of the Nagpore branch, extending from Mulkapore to Shaegaum, had been finished, and was ready for public traffic early in June, but that its opening had been postponed till the end of the monsoon. Upon the remaining portion of the branch the works were in a very forward state as far as l3udnaira, .70:1- miles beyond Shaegaum, and from Bnd naira to Nagpore, 1084 miles, 97 per cent. of the earthwork in embankments, 46 per cent of the bal. lasting, 66 per cent of the viaducts, and 51 per cent of the bridges had been executed. Upon the other division of the north east line, from Bhosawul to Jubbulpore, the progress accomplished was as fol lows :—From Bhosawul to Hurdah, 1384 miles, 84 per cent of the earthwork in embankments, 32 per cent of the ballasting, 75 per cent of the viaducts and bridges, and 61 per cent of the culverts had been executed. In the Taptee viaduct 90 per cent of the masonry was finished, and the iron girders were being prepared for erection. The permanent way had been laid for 26 miles, and several of the stations were in an advanced state. From Hurdah to Sohagpore, 82 miles, 91 per cent of the earthwork in embankments, 31 per cent of the ballastin g, 48 per cent of the masonry in viaducts and bridgee, and 37 per cent in culverts had been executed. About 11 miles of permanent way had been laid. From Sohagpore to Jubbulpore, 116/ miles, the progress had been less satisfactory than was antici pated, but all the bridges, excepting three, were i❑ progress, and the ballasting for 40 miles of line had been provided. The through railway communication between Bombay and Madras was to be effected via Raichore, at which place this company's railway would be joined to that of the Madras Railway Company. The distance from Sholapore to Raichore is 161 miles, and the line is now in course of being surveyed and staked out for construction. As re garded the connection of this company's line with the important town of Hyderabad, the directors were enabled to state that the eireat Indian Penin sula Extension Railway Company (Limited) were in communication with the Government of India, with the object of arranging terms for constructing a branch from Kulburga, or its neighbourhood, to Hyderabad. The capital account to Jane 30 showed that £12,150,636 had been received and £10,968,137 ex• pended, leaving a balance of £1,182,489. The in. terest account to June 30 with the Government showed that the total interest paid by the Govern ment amounted to £2,860,914, and that £709,453 aS net revenue had been paid and was payable to the Government, leaving £2,151,461 chargeable against half.surplus profits over 5 per cent, BAHIA AND SAN FRANCISCO. The half.yearly meeting of this company was held on Friday at the London Tavern. Mr J. Samuel, chairman, presided. The report having been taken as read, The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said that Mr Watson, the contractor, had since the last meeting sent in a claim to the directors for £76,000. It was true the engineer in chief had previously intimated to the board that Mr Watson would be entitled to about £16,000. The directors then sent Mr Watson's claim to Mr Vignoles for his exa mination, and his opinion was that as there were other things to consider he thought the £15,000 might be extended to £20,000. At the same time he indicated that there was an item of £47,000 for the erection of certain works, and, among other things, for fitting up workshops, and as part of this claim would depend on the legal interpretation of the contract. ho (Mr Vignoles) could not decide immediately upon it. The directors having received that intimation, they thought, in the interest of the company, that it would be undesirable to have recourse to legal proceedings and the Court of Chancery; that if an amicable arrangement could be come t 3 with Mr Watson it would be preferable. They paid Mr Watson £30,000 in full of all demands on the com pany, and mutual releases had been exchanged between the company and contractor. That closed the claims against the capital account of the company, and left them in a satisfactory position. As regarded the traffic, it was any thing but satisfactory. (Hear, bear.) The proprietors Railway and Other Companies. EAST INDIAN. The half-yearly meeting of this company was held yesterday at the London Tavern—Mr. R. W. Crewford, M.P., in the chair. Mr NOAD, the secretary, having read the notice convening the meeting, the report was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said he trusted they would consider it very satisfactory. The line was now opened from Cal cutta to Delhi, with the exception of the bridge over the alumna at*llahabad and the bridge over the same river near Delhi, which latter bridge had not yet been sanctioned. Any passenger could now be conveyed from Calcutta to Delhi or vice versa, and goods could be sent over the railway. The line was 1,016 miles in length, and he believed it was the longest line possessed and worked by one corn. pany. As for traffic, he thoug'it they had no reason to be dissatisfied with it. They had had a very steady increase in the passenger and goods traffic, an increase in the receipts, and a diminution of ex penses. Whatever might be the amount of the re ceipts, it would not do what was requisite unless the line was worked with economy. The directors _ . ha —d given their attention to this matter with a view ,hat economy should be exercised in working the _ine from one end to the other. The expenditure was under the constant review of members of the Board. Their system of audit in India enabled them to see bow the business was conducted, to check any portion of the expenditure, and keep it within reasonable bounds. The progress of the works was now chiefly confined to finishing up the works in hand. With regard to theJubbulpore line,the works on it were progressing to the satisfaction of the engineer. The works were proceeding rapidly, and he hoped they would be able to perfeet that part of their system without the risk of disappoint ment, There only remained the short line, which would have to be brought under the consideration of the shareholders. It was proposed to start from the main line at a point beyond Raneegunge to the main line again near Luckserai. This was consi dered a preferable line to construct, as it would be shorter than the main line between these points and save the expense of doubling it for that dis tance. But, in addition to that, the power of obtain. ing an ample supply of excellent coal at a cheap rate, which the chord line would give them, was a consideration of great importance to the company. The country through which the line intended to pass had been examined in various directions, and one line in particular had been selected, but the dine company any to for raise their additional tore had received no official information about it. When they received the necessary plans the direct s The b : would °lilci come tthe shareholders authorisingthe p capital received the Royal assent last session, but the directors would not exercise any of these powers without the assent of the proprietors, He would ask them to sanction the raising of £1,200,000, which would be necessary for the completion of the Jubbulpore line. As to perfecting the main lice and stations, the directors were not satisfied with the estimates they had received es to the cost of these works. Some three or four years ago an esti mate of the cost of those works had been made out, but it differed so much in amount from the recent estimate that the directors had sent for Mr. Power, the engineer, to explain those matters to the Board in London. They hoped that something useful and satisfactory would be ascertained with regard to those proposed works. A statement had appeared in some of the newspapers respecting the proposed construction of a bridge across the Hooghly from the present terminus of the line at Howrah, with a view to carry the railway into Calcutta. All he could say was that they had not entered into any arrangement of the kind, and they knew nothing about it. There was no intention on the part of I the Board of calling for any more money until they ascertained from their officers what would be absolutely required for the completion of the works. Something had been said about closing the capital account, and it had been said by the govern ing body that the • capital account should be closed at a certain Bum, but , however desirable, they did not see at present how that was to be done. There had been a consultation with the represen tatives of the railway companies on the subject of revenue and capital accounts ; and it was understood that a principle would be adopted for deciding those matters hereafter between each com pany and the Secretary of State. A circular from the Archdeacon of Calcutta had been forwarded, at his request, to the subject of ed • ucation and religious instruction, and the result has been a subscription of between £7,000 and £B,OOO. The directors had taken no further part in it than to f or ward the circulars with the dividend warrants • • to individual shareholders, but they had no power as a company to subscribe money for that purpose. He would be happy to answer any questions. Mr BAXENDALE seconded the motion for the adoption of the report. Mr MonGaie wished to know the amount of capi tal which the company had expended up to the pre• sent time, the amo unt a dvanced unt advanced by the Government as interest on the £23,000,000 the company had already paid up, and how much more would be required for additional works before the capi. tal account could be closed. He believed, if they were to go on expend mg capital, that before the debt due to the Government on interest account could be repaid every one present would be in the grave. He thought it very necessary for them to go to the Government as a body of shareholders and represent their case. They had a former claim on the Government for losses during the mutiny. They had no doubt worked the railway economi cally, and if the fares were too low, as he thought they were. they ought to have power to raise them to a certain maximum amount. He did not want to disturb things, but, as he and others held a stake in the undertaking, he thought they satisfied with 5 per cent. They should be allowed to develope the traffic, exercise economy, and carry on that great undertaking as a commercial enter prise. (Cheers.) They should not run express trains at 30 miles an hour over the 1,000 miles, nor carry less than full trainloads of merchandise. The CHAIRMAN said the amount of capital ex pended to the present time was about £22,000,000, and the amount of capital not having yet passed the final audit by the Government authorities was about £4,000,000. The audit was completed up to March last year. It was because they did not like file delay of the Government audit that the directors had initiated and adopted, with the sanction of the Government, their present very efficient system of audit, which gave them the power of controlling the expenditure. The receipts were paid into the Government Treasury, and no money was paid out without the sanction of the Government. Up to the 30th of June last the Government had paid to the company in the shape of interest on capital £6,136,854, and they had received back from the company £1,890,000 as profits on working the rail. way, leaving a balance of £4,246,586 against the company, which was to be repaid out of half the , surplus profits above 5 per cent, He did not ens Lancashire Distress. CENTRAL FUND. A meeting of the Executive Committee was held at the Town-hall, Manchester,yesterday. The Earl of Derby pre sided, and there were also present Lord E. Howard, M.P., Lord Egerton of Tatton, Col. W. Patten, M.P., Major Egerton Leigh, the Mayor of Manchester, Messrs. Hugh Mason, G. Ashworth, S. J. Stern, W. Rathbone, jun., G. L. Ashworth, J. Platt, J. Worrall, H. B. Farnall, R. 11. Hutchinson, M.',Ross and J. W. Maclure, Hon. Sec. Mr Rawlinson, was also present. The Hon. Secretary reported that £230 7s sil had been received during the past week, and the balance in the bank was £101,667 16s lld. The noble CHAIRMAN, referring to what passed in the committee last week respecting the comparatively small number of factory operatives employed on publio works, said that the communication on the subject which by di rection of the Committee was sent to the Manchester Town Council had not yet been officially answered, though he un derstood it shortly would be. In the meantime, without desiring to enter into any controversy with the Town Coun cil, which ought to be avoided, it was thought by Sir 3. Kaye-Shuttleworth, and he (Lord Derby) concurred in the opinion, that it might be as well to notify to relief commit tees that in cases where money had been advanced to their own localities under the Public Works Act they should put themselves into communication with the local authorities, for the purpose of stimulating the employment of cotton operatives on the public works. It seemed to him (the chairman) that neither party thought it its duty to take the initiative in this matter. The local authorities said they were not bound to look out for these unemployed factory operatives, and the relief committees did not think it neces sary to send to the authorities lists of factory workmen fit for employment. So between them, as there could be no doubt whatever, only a very small number of operatives were at work under the Public Works Act, Sir James had forwarded him a number of suggestions, which he recom , mended should be embodied in the form of a circular, and sent to the several committees. The Chairman read the suggestions, and after some eon. versation the following circular embodying them was una. nimously adopted, and ordered to be forwarded to the Relie: Committee— " The Central Executive Committee has from the first upported the plan of public works for the relief of distress n the cotton districts, and, sine.) the passing of the Public Works (Manufacturing Districts) Act, has, by its regula tions for the distribution of the Central Relief Fund, en deavoured to promote the success of this measure, as a means of providing work with wages for bodies of men who had become indigent by no fault of their own, and likewise of relieving the difficulties of the small shop keepers, by giving greater activity to the several forms of skilled industry necessarily employed upon municipal im provements. The embarrassment now experienced in fac tory work may be comparatively transient—but if so it will probably recur at intervals with more or less severity. And, as the funds confided to the Central Executive Committee, though husbanded with great care to meet such crises, are much reduced, it now becomes more than ever important that the several district relief committees should put them selves in communication with the municipal and other bodies having locally charge of public works, in order to secure work with wages for as many otherwise unemployed factory operatives as possible. I am, therefore, to suggest that, whenever a loan has been granted under the Public Works Act, the district relief commitee should—where this has not already been done—put itself in immediate personal communication with the municipal or other body having charge of such loan, in order to organise administrative arrengeinents by which the district relief committee may be enabled more effectually to carry out the intentions of the Legislature as to the employment of factory operatives on such works. The Central Executive Committee, in order to encourage factory workmen in such efforts for indepen dent subsistence, have provided a suit of warm clothing for those who are likely to be long engaged on such work, and arranged also to lend waterproof boots to those working in water. They are diapered, under suitable regulations, to continue to provide such clothing." Mr HUGH MASON said that before leaving the subject of public works he should like to mention a circumstance which occurred a few days ago between the Poor Law Board and the Moseley Board of Health. The Mossley Board bad projec ed public works, and obtained a grant of money under the Public Works Act. The day the grant was made men were put upon the works, but in a few days after Cie grant was withdrawn. The CHAIRMAN—How withdrawn ? Mr MASON said the Mossley Board had received a no'ice from the Poor Law Board intimating that the money granted could not be used in the manner in which it was being ap plied. There appeared to be a technical difficulty. The Moseley Board had jnrisdiction in two counties, and a small portion of the money would have been expended upon works in Yorkshire, to which county the Public Works Act did not refer. This difficulty was foreseen at the outset, and a deputation from the Moseley Board waited on Sir George Grey and Mr Villiers on the subject, and those two Minis ters sanctioned the appropriation of the money :in the way proposed by the local Board. Under such circumstances the Board thought it was rather hard the money should be withdrawn, and great dissatisfaction existed in the Moseley district generally. He had recommended an interview with Mr Rawlinson on the subject. Mr FARNALL said that the Public Works Act did not extend to Yorkshire, but legal advice was being taken by the Poor Law Board to see if the difficulty in the case of Mossley could be overcome, and it was not impossible that even yet the grant to that district might be finally sane • boned. Mr Farnall presented his weekly report. stating that the increase of persons receiving relief in the 27 Unions in the week ending Oct. 22 was 2,247, In reply to Lord E. HOWARD, Mr FARNALL added that ho had sent circulars to 184 Poor Law medical officers in the cotton districts, inquiring as to the state of the people's health in their several locali ties, and from 120 of these circulars thus far returned he was justified in stating that the health of the district was on the average rather better than usual at this period of the year. In reply to Lord EGERTON, he promised that Mr Corbett's reports on the state of health at Stalybridge and Preston should be furnished if possible next Monday. In the course of conversation which followed, Mr HUGH MASON stated that upwards sf 1,300 people were employed on public works at Ashton, and that a greater number could be employed if materials could be obtained. Mr RAIVIANSON stated that many districts to which loans of public money had been granted had done their duty in the employment of factory operatives. Col. PATTEN said he had received a letter from Lord Devon inquiring whether the Devonshire Collection Com mittee might appropriate any portion of its funds to a diffe rent purpose than that for which they were subscribed. He had taken upon himself to reply that in the present un favourable condition of things in Lancashire the Executive Committee would not assume the responsibility of sanction ing such an appropriation. In this reply the committee universally concurred. The CHAIRMAN inquired what answers had been received to the circulars addressed to the various collecting commit tees in the country, as to the balances still at their disposal. The HON. SECHETAILY said that there had been 338 com• mittees which had collected funds in the United Kingdom, to the officers of which circulars had been sent, making the necessary inquiries; 171 replies had been rewind, which The Convict Muller. Yesfericy morning the Sh riffs of London, Mr Alderman Dakin and Mr Alderman Besley, accompanied by the Under-Sheriffs, Mr Davidson and Mr De Jersey, the Rev. Mr Davis, the ordinary of Newgate, and Mr Jonas, the governor, visited the convict Franz Mullcr in his cell, and announced to him that Monday week, the 14th of Novem ber, had been fixed for his execution. The convict received the intimation with calmness, The Sheriffs took occasion solemnly to exhort him to make the best use he could of the interval which remained to him to live, and he appeared to understand the full force of the entreaty. During the inter- view he acknowledged that he had had a fair trial, but he was understood to say, in effect, that the evidence in sup port of an alibi had done him more harm than good. He spoke in broken English and in a low tone, and his remarks on that subject lett somewhat different impressions on the minds of the deputation. By some he was understood to refer to the pr(jadice which his case had suffered by recourse having been had to the evidence of two women of immoral character, and by others he was supposed to have questioned a line of defence which, though undertaken with the best intentions, tended, in the result, to weaken his case, as it previously stood on its merits, and was eventually used to strengthen that of the prosecution. Ho was told by one of the Sheriffs hi effect that but for the alibi the case for the prosecution would have remained partially unanswered, and that his counsel were justified in resorting to it if they believed, as no doubt they did, there was anything in it, and sifting it to the bottom. He appeared to adhere to his own opinion upon the point, and the profitless conversation was not further continued. After sentence had been passed on Saturday afternoon ho seemed hardly at first to realise the position in which it left him, but on reaching his cell he gave way to a paroxysm of grief which in one sense had the effect of relieving him, and by 7 o'clock in the evening ho had fallen into a sound sleep, which continued far into the night. There is reason for believing that he slept but little if at all on either Thursday or Friday night, while his trial was pending, and that on Saturday evening, after all was over, ha succumbed to sheer exhaustion. On Friday evening, while his counsel, Mr Sergeant Parry, was addressing the jury, he was repeatedly overcome by his feelings, and gave way to tears which he sought to conceal by holding down his head as he sat in the dock. On Sunday he attended the ordinary service in the chapel of the prison, and yesterday ho was visited by a Ger man clergyman from the west end of the town, understood to tea of the Lutheran persuasion. At the Central Criminal on trials for murder it is usual to remove the prisoner from the public gaze while the jury are deliberating on their verdict. On Saturday Muller was asked to retire while the jury were so engaged, but he declined the proffered consi deration, preferring to remain in court, awaiting their re turn, and he sat in the dock amid the hum of conversation in which the audience indulged while the judges and the jury were absent from the court. He was ghastly pale, and his solicitor, Mr Beard, spoke occasionally to him, evi dently with the view to sustain him in theawful interval of suspense. He heard with apparent fortitude his doom as it was pronounced by Mr Baron Martin, and it was only at its conclusion that his courage seemed to forsake him. In a few parting words which he addressed to the Bench in broken English he struggled hard to conceal his emotion. He held his hand over his mouth as he spoke, and it was difficult to hear what he said. Mr Jonas, the governor, withdrew the hand in order that he might be the better understood, but after that ho said no thing more, and on leaving the dock he had the presence of mind to turn round and bow to his counsel, as if in token of his gratitude for their services on his behalf. The jury who tried him wore most impartially chesen— that is, ono man was taken in turn from the list for each of the five counties which send prisoners for trial at the Cen tral Criminal Court, and in the end, after there had been 16 peremptory challenges on the part of the prisoner and one on behalf of the Crown, 12 men were empanelled wholly unknown to each other, and presenting in their general appearance, and in the questions they occasionally put to the witnesses, a fair representation of the intelligent middle class of the community. They paid the most anxious atten tion to the whole proceedings from beginning to end, so much so that when towards the end of the summing up, the Load Chief Baron put the question to them, they ded clined to trouble him to read the evidence. They were abe sent a quarter of an hour, and their verdict was given with complete unanimity. A great crowd had collected for some hours outside the Courthouse in the Old Bailey to await the verdict, and when it was given the people separated in great excitement. Mr Beard, the convict's solicitor, had to be escorted along the Old Bailey into Ludgate-hill by 1 policemen, but whether this was to protect him from the L mere curiosity of the crowd or from any apprehended danger did not appear. ELOPEMENT OF A YOUNG LA DY.—A young lady has disappeared from Mamhead, near Dawlish, under circumstances which have greatly distressed her parents. She is the daughter of the heads of one of tho most respectable and well-to-do families in the neighbour hood, is 19 years of age, and has been an object of marked admiration on account not only of her personal charms, but of her fascinating manners and educational accomplish ments. Her tuition had been under the care of a resident governess, and no pains had been spared to cultivate the intellectual parts of ono whose fine figure and handsome face had rendered her the pride of the family. On Thurs day morning she w.s missed from her room, and inquiries were immediately sot on foot to discover her whereabouts. From what has been ascertained at the Dawlish Railway Station and elsewhere, there is too much reason to believo that this young lady has been accompanied in her flight by a young man, only about 13 years of age, who has been up to a week ago working for the family as a farm labourer. Ho was discharged last week, but was seen near the house on Wednesday. The friends of the youth live at Jersey, and it is supposed that the couple have already or will soon direct their steps thither. — Western Morning News. 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